Festuca saximontana var. robertsiana

Pavlick
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 430.
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Culms 16-37 cm, usually 2-3 times the height of the vegetative shoot leaves, usually sparsely scabrous or pubescent below the inflorescence. Outer vegetative shoot sheaths brownish on the lower 1/2; blades smooth or scabrous on the abaxial surfaces, ribs on the adaxial surfaces with hairs to 0.1 mm; abaxial sclerenchyma in 5-7 narrow strands. Lemmas often scabrous on the distal 1/2.

Discussion

Festuca saximontana var. robertsiana grows in subalpine or lower alpine habitats. It has only been reported from British Columbia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
Pavlick +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Alaska +, Wyo. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Vt. +, Utah +, Minn. +, Mich. +, Mont. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +  and S.Dak. +
Festuca ovina var. saximontana +  and Festuca ovina var. rydbergii +
Festuca saximontana var. robertsiana +
Festuca saximontana +
variety +